Current fires in southern california today. There are two major types of current fire information. Public wildfire perimeters view. Alertwildfire is a mountaintop camera network that provides firefighters and the public with real time views of fire prone areas.
The data is provided by calfire. Read breaking news on current fires spreading in northern california and around the state. And world news stories.
This map contains four different types of data. These data are used to make highly accurate perimeter maps for firefighters and other emergency personnel but are generally updated only once every 12 hours. Fires continued to ravage southern california and thousands were forced to evacuate after multiple brush fires erupted across the southland on thursday.
2020 fire season outlook. In northern ca above normal significant large fire potential is expected in most areas below 6000 feet in june. Stay up to date with local california news as well as us.
In july and august the lower grass dominated areas will return to normal due to the lack of wind events while upper elevations experience above normal large fire potential. Fire perimeter and hot spot data. Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information.
Homes evacuated as southern california wildfire grows thousands of people are under evacuation orders after a wildfire in mountains east of los angeles exploded in size as crews battle flames in.